Utah's Sprawling Exurbs

Utah's high-income 'exurbs' are growing twice as fast as Utah's population.

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June 29, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

"In the next 50 years, Utah will develop ranchettes, or homes on 10 to 40 acres, at a rate faster than any other state in the West, according to a new study.The Western Futures project, a study by the University of Colorado's Center of the AmericanWest, said that sprawl in 11 Western states will take place mostly in suburbs and rural areas."

Thanks to Tom Collins

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